evolution vs growth

growth vs evolution

evolution and growth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
evolution	Yes	No	No	No
growth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, growth is a hyponym of evolution; that is, growth is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than evolution:

evolution: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
growth: a progression from simpler to more complex forms

Other hyponyms of evolution include assibilation, deepening, flowering, unfolding, tsundere.

evolution (noun)	growth (noun)
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms	the gradual beginning or coming forth
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)	vegetation that has grown
	something grown or growing
	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
	a progression from simpler to more complex forms
	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
	(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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